Modulasetulo, Ditona tsa mafapha, Maloko a Palamente, Aforika Borwa ka bophara, ke ema fa ke le motlotlo, ke sa tshabe sepe gongwe ope go leboga le go tlotla bagale ba rona Bafana Bafana. Bafana Bafana ba re dirile motlotlo ka motshameko wa bona o o manontlhotlho.
Ke leboga le baagi ba Aforika Borwa ka kemonokeng e ba e supileng mo setlhopheng sa rona sa naga. A re tsweleleng go dira jalo go fitlha re bona ditoro tsa naga di diragala.
Ka dithulaganyo le dipaakanyetso tsa Sejana sa 2009 sa Mekgatlho ya Kgwele ya Dinao e e kopaneng ya Fifa, re bontshitse lefatshe lotlhe gore re a kgona e bile re na le bokgoni. Ke tla bo ke dira phoso fa nka se leboge ... [Tsenokganong.] (Translation of Setswana paragraphs follows.)
[Ms M W MAKGATE: Chairperson, Ministers, Members of Parliament, South Africa at large, I stand here before you being very proud and inspired to compliment our heroes Bafana Bafana. Bafana Bafana has made us proud with their great performance.
I also thank the citizens of South Africa for the support they have shown to our national team. May we continue to do this until our dreams come true.
With the necessary arrangements and the preparations for the Fifa Confederations Cup 2009 put in place, we proved to the whole world that we can and we are able. I would be making a mistake if I did not thank ... [Interjections.]]
... our Local Organising Committee for a job well done. Keep up the good work! You have made us proud. [Applause.]
This event was to showcase what we want. We can and we will host a successful 2010 Fifa World Cup. The president of Fifa, Mr Sepp Blatter, rated us as 7,5 out of 10, but we will make sure that come the 2010 Fifa World Cup, we will get 10 out of 10. As South Africa, we will work hard to improve on the areas identified as weaknesses. I am not the only observer to notice the lack of support for sport and recreation programmes in our public schools and communities. Sport plays an important role in nation- building. What makes me uncomfortable, though, is when most people are reduced to being spectators, not even spectators in stands, but watching from the street due to their socioeconomic situation. What happened to that remarkable agenda of social transformation?
Sport is not only a physical activity, but also an area where people interact socially. It forms part of social life within communities. Cultures attach positive values to sport as it creates job opportunities and fosters nonviolence, fair competition, teamwork and respect. We call on all educators to support physical education at schools.
National symbols represent our identity as a country. Therefore, it is important for South Africans to take pride in these symbols. We need to create awareness and develop ways to create a sense of respect for our national symbols. The national flag is one example of these symbols. The flag represents a nation that is united in its diversity; it represents a rainbow nation, a nation in pursuit of peace and prosperity.
It is disgusting to see some sections of our society, particularly at rugby matches, waving the old South African flag. It shows disrespect, not only for the national flag, but also for South Africa as a democratic country.
Furthermore, if you look at the national anthem, more and more people do not know the words of the national anthem, and where people do know it, when you watch sporting events you see people are dancing to the national anthem as if it is some kwaito song. It is, therefore, important to teach our people the meaning and the value of our national symbols through public awareness programmes and through the mass media.
Go botlhokwa thata go godisa dipuo tsa rona tsa tlholego; go ruta bana ba rona maleme le setso sa rona sa Maaforika. Ke ntlha e e tlhobang boroko go bona bana ba Maaforika ba sa kgone go buisa le go kwala dipuo tsa bona. A re ruteng bana ba rona go tlotla le go ipela ka puo ya bona. A re femeng go jaka ka leleme. (Translation of Setswana paragraph follows.)
[It is very important to develop our languages; to teach our kids our languages and our culture as Africans. It is an unnerving fact to see our African kids unable to read and write their own languages. May we teach our kids to respect and to be proud of their languages. May we try to avoid being influenced by other languages.]
Gender equality for women in sport and the right of women to participate is paramount. We call upon federations to develop programmes to facilitate true participation of women and remove barriers that prevent women from vocations in training, administration, coaching and management. Minister, it is high time now that we should be biased towards previously disadvantaged communities and not be apologetic about this.
As the select committee we will monitor the following: facilities built and upgraded; successes and weaknesses of mass participation; and federations that receive government monies but do not have developmental programmes.
I would like to congratulate the North West province for holding a successful Zone 6 games at Ikageng Township. We want to see more of these activities taken to townships and rural areas. Thank you.